The Courage
To Resist –All Honor To The Heroic Israeli Draft Resisters And Soldier Who Have
Refused To Take Part In The Bloodbath In Gaza
Frank Jackman
comment:
A number of
members of Veterans For Peace, an organization of veterans of the American
government’s imperial adventures, now made up mostly of Vietnam War veterans as
veterans of earlier wars pass on but increasingly veterans of the Iraq and Afghan
campaigns, learned the hard way, and too late, like myself, that one could
refuse to comply with the government draft and military campaign orders. We
have come to appreciate the great courage that it takes to buck one’s government,
one’s neighbors, one’s friends when the war drums beat out the marching orders
and you are expected to join in lockstep. We salute those brothers and sisters in
Israel who have either refused induction in the military or have refused to take
part in the bloodbath in Gaza. One day when we live in a more peaceful world
those sacrifices will find a well-deserved place of honor. Presente!!!
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News from WRI
11 Aug 2014
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War Resisters' International supports nonviolent resisters in Palestine and Israel. We are in solidarity with conscientious objectors and those who refuse to participate in the Israeli army. Conscription is active in Israel for women and men, for Jewish Israelis and Palestinian Druze. As well as conscripting full-time recruits, reservists are also enlisted after their mandatory military service has ended. Many reservists have been drafted in 'Operation Protective Edge', the Israeli military assault on Gaza.
If you are subject to compulsory military service in Israel, and do not want to go, contact New Profile.
What you can do to support war resisters in Palestine and Israel
11 Aug 2014
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A seven-mile pink scarf knitted by over 5,000 people from around Britain and beyond has been unfurled between the Atomic Weapons Establishments (AWE) at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire. The knitters are calling on Parliament not to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system when the decision comes up in 2016.
06 Aug 2014
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Hiroshima Remembrance Day , August 6 2014, 11 am. The blockade at the Lutzerather Gate of the Büchel nuclear base was cleared at about 6.30 am this morning to allow vehicles entry to the nuclear weapons base. Of the 12 activists blockading the gate, one could not be immediately removed because he had locked himself to the gate with a bike lock around his neck. The police had to lift him and open the gate with him still attached. After attempts to break the lock, the police were forced to cut the gate itself in order to remove the protester. He and two other activists without ID were arrested and taken to Cochen police station, one of them is under-age. All the other blockaders were let go after their personal details were recorded.
04 Aug 2014
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Originally posted at: http://afsc.org/friends/while-bombs-fall-gaza-resisting-militarism-israel
While the bombs fall on Gaza and the majority of Israeli society seems to support the continuance of the military attack on Gaza, we, as Israelis horrified by the actions of our government, find our voices lost. What can we say and do? What value might this have? How can our echoes have any impact on the situation now?
Smoke rises over Gaza city by Anne Paq
Internally in Israeli Jewish-society, it is clear that our voice remains unwelcome – protestors calling for the immediate end of the attack on Gaza have been physically assaulted, eggs, rocks and chairs thrown at them, and some even hospitalized; celebrities who dare to criticize the military have been publically shunned and the majority of the elected opposition in the Knesset are aligning positions with the right-wing government. Those politicians, mostly Palestinians living in Israel, who dared to speak out have been cursed, threatened and physically dragged out of the Knesset.
25 Jul 2014
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http://www.enaat.org/news/IsraelGaza.shtml
As the conflict in the Gaza Strip continues to escalate, and the body count continues to increase, the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) has called for an immediate end to all European military support for Israel and for the EU to declare a comprehensive arms embargo on all parties in conflict. Pending such an embargo, all EU states must immediately suspend all transfers of military equipment, assistance and ammunitions to the parties in conflict.
25 Jul 2014
English
Desmond Tutu's welcome message to the Small Actions, Big Movements conference. Shown in Cape Town City Hall on the evening of 4th July. Desmond Tutu in the end was able to join us for the conference opening in person! But we were also glad to show this short film.
This page will gather text, videos and images from the Small Actions, Big Movements International Conference in Cape Town, July 2014.
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